bewray

American  

[bih-ray] / bɪˈreɪ /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

1. to reveal or expose.

2. to betray.

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bewray British  

/ bɪˈreɪ /

verb

1. (tr) an obsolete word for betray

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Other Word Forms

• bewrayer
  noun
• unbewrayed
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of bewray

1250–1300; Middle English bewraien, equivalent to be- be- + wraien, Old English wrēgan to accuse, cognate with Old High German ruogen ( German rügen ), Gothic wrohjan

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Example Sentences

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bewray

Thou wottest that life itself should be given ere I would bewray thee,” spoke the girl earnestly.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison

Lilies have no sin     Leading them astray,   No false heart within     That would them bewray,   Nought to tempt them in     An evil way;   And if canker come and blight,   Nought will ever put them right.

From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by George Milligan

The Lord required this of Moab, saying, 'Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by John Fiske

No, Boston could not bewray a woman wandering towards freedom, without chaining the court house and its judges, putting the town in a state of siege,—insolent soldiers striking at the people's neck.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

"Hide the outcast; bewray not him that wandereth."

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by William Still

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